Candace
#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 2,668 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,938since 1882
Candace over time
Rank among girls' names. Candace has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,639 | 66 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,677 | 64 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,972 | 101 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,103 | 92 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,728 | 121 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,940 | 101 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,554 | 141 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,246 | 198 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,180 | 217 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,037 | 254 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,026 | 249 | — | |
| 2005 | #925 | 269 | — | |
| 2004 | #816 | 307 | — | |
| 2003 | #745 | 341 | — | |
| 2002 | #739 | 330 | — | |
| 2001 | #719 | 339 | — | |
| 2000 | #600 | 421 | — | |
| 1999 | #542 | 465 | — | |
| 1998 | #480 | 535 | — | |
| 1997 | #417 | 625 | — | |
| 1996 | #362 | 760 | — | |
| 1995 | #288 | 967 | — | |
| 1994 | #254 | 1,100 | — | |
| 1993 | #215 | 1,309 | — | |
| 1992 | #186 | 1,661 | — | |
| 1991 | #153 | 1,936 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #142 | 2,162 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #133 | 2,270 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #117 | 2,421 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #120 | 2,329 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #114 | 2,459 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #104 | 2,707 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #102 | 2,668 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #104 | 2,698 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #103 | 2,848 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #118 | 2,581 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #134 | 2,187 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #173 | 1,594 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #196 | 1,326 | — | |
| 1977 | #217 | 1,140 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #200 | 1,211 | — | |
| 1975 | #221 | 1,123 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #223 | 1,155 | — | |
| 1973 | #223 | 1,132 | — | |
| 1972 | #223 | 1,254 | — | |
| 1971 | #226 | 1,308 | — | |
| 1970 | #220 | 1,427 | — | |
| 1969 | #234 | 1,298 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #237 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1967 | #250 | 1,118 | — | |
| 1966 | #239 | 1,220 | — | |
| 1965 | #279 | 969 | — | |
| 1964 | #327 | 837 | — | |
| 1963 | #318 | 863 | — | |
| 1962 | #329 | 803 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #349 | 742 | — | |
| 1960 | #325 | 843 | — | |
| 1959 | #304 | 907 | — | |
| 1958 | #317 | 846 | — | |
| 1957 | #252 | 1,156 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #216 | 1,404 | — | |
| 1955 | #214 | 1,413 | — | |
| 1954 | #198 | 1,555 | — | |
| 1953 | #180 | 1,753 | — | |
| 1952 | #171 | 1,835 | — | |
| 1951 | #173 | 1,734 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #172 | 1,648 | — | |
| 1949 | #174 | 1,589 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #190 | 1,446 | — | |
| 1947 | #204 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1946 | #227 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1945 | #274 | 632 | — | |
| 1944 | #410 | 307 | — | |
| 1943 | #484 | 233 | — | |
| 1942 | #658 | 129 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Candace! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Candace
- 472 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,167)
- 667 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #3,167)
- 1,064 spots since 2015 (#2,103 → #3,167)
- Biggest jump: 760 spots in 1942 (#1,418 → #658)
- Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1895 (#850 → #1,426)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1984 at #102 (2,668 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1942–2005
- Highest: 1 in 595 girls born in 1982 were named Candace (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #102 in 1984, was only 1 in 631 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.6% of all girls named Candace (25,168) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #678 (1882) | #925 |
| 1890s | 36 | #850 (1894) | #1,293 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,319 (1900) | #1,588 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,620 (1912) | #2,412 |
| 1920s | 135 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,617 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,474 (1939) | #2,396 |
| 1940s | 6,715 | #174 (1949) | #539 |
| 1950s | 14,251 | #171 (1952) | #220 |
| 1960s | 9,872 | #234 (1969) | #289 |
| 1970s | 12,670 | #173 (1979) | #212 |
| 1980s | 25,168 | #102 (1984) | #115 |
| 1990s | 11,520 | #142 (1990) | #304 |
| 2000s | 2,925 | #600 (2000) | #903 |
| 2010s | 989 | #1,554 (2011) | #2,071 |
| 2020s | 345 | #2,500 (2020) | #2,944 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Candace in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 646 of them was named Candace, which outranked 99.0% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Candace, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Candace6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.